Category Archives: Skincare

Last night, my friend Aia asked me what moisturizer to use for her post-winter vacation skin, made in Osaka. I told her I have oily skin so I’ve never had any flaking, which also means I have a lot of unused products for her to try. At the moment, I’m still using Neal’s Yard Remedies Frankincense … Continue reading →

Bobbi Brown’s Instagram page is off-limits unless you want to end up drooling over things you can’t afford to think you can afford. Its Extra line is ultra luxurious — concocted with botanicals, packaged in apothecary-inspired vials or milky white bottles. Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Nourishing Milk is one of its star products, also one … Continue reading →

There’s a personal element to blogging that I’ve yet to discover. I get that, to be compelling and believable, you gotta stop skirting around the idea of sharing things that would otherwise be out of sight, like the contents of one’s bag. It’s a start. Ah, bags. The place where things disappear and reappear randomly. … Continue reading →

A week of self-love is always a welcome intermission from the day-to-day, where traffic, deadlines, social commitments and other consequences of that thing some people call “adulting” are inescapable. Imagine this: a villa in the mountains, all to yourself; an infinity pool overlooking a pretty steep dive is connected to your actual bedroom so that … Continue reading →

Apart from being the perfect hostess gift for important events, like, say, the birth of the Messiah, frankincense is also one of the most important oils for improving skin tone and treating aging skin and wrinkles. Continue reading →